Maybe that is where some foresee mankind heading: self-extinction, whether through Mother Earth's backlashes against our abuse of her, nuclear holocaust, AI apocalypse, or otherwise.

Or maybe the program doesn't program us to behave... maybe the program has juat been set in motion, with the opportunity to increase access levels to where we can reprogram...

If were the case, perhaps those attempting to decipher the code might be after what's needed to rewrite the code that's had us on the path towards self-destruction.

Or, none of these could be truthful. Or they all could. Could potentially go any number of ways - depending on what the program is set for and how it gets recoded... :-)